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Turkish EU Minister Bagis assessed decision of Germany and Netherlands as both refused to give green light to opening of new negotiation 'chapter' in Turkey's EU accession talks Turkey's EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen...

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lashed out once again at the European Parliament on Monday, saying he does not recognize the EU body, as criticism from Europe flooded in over the way he handled the three-week protests... All similar articles: 60 »

There is a number of flaws in the euro area design that were exposed by the current crisis. Perhaps the most fundamental is the flaw relating to the system complete incapacity to generate critical capacity. Despite the crisis...

The accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen border-free area may not be among the priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of the European Union, EU, which starts on July 1, according to Raimundas Karoblis, Permanent...

BNS The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday ratified the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and Serbia, with 73 votes in favour and four abstentions. Lithuania was the only EU member states to have...

On 17 June in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro Igor Lukšić signed a Memorandum of...

Prime Minister Ivica Dačić said on Monday that all expected good news from Serbia, but that now Serbia expects “good news from Brussels on St. Vitus Day.” Noting that June 28 is an important date in the Serbian history, Dačić...

First Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić stated on Monday that Serbia “has done everything that is necessary for obtaining the date for EU accession talks.” It now “expects Brussels to adopt a positive decision on the matter,” he said...

Oliver Clark and Mark Smulian analyse the potential impact of the lifting of restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian citizens within the European Union. More features Tuesday, 18 June 2013 07:57 Written by Oliver Clark Oliver...

The European Commission expects some outstanding issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina to be solved so that agreements on the border regime upon Croatia's European Union accession on July 1 can be signed on Wednesday. Enlargement...

Resistance is going into the 23rd day. The new way of protesting - the standing man (duran adam) is catching on (see log on June 17) Livestream. UPDATE: On #Taksim Square, the number of "Standing Men" (Duran Adam) is increasing... All similar articles: 188 »

In this chapter preview from Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons from Democratic Transitions, Grzegorz Ekiert and George Soroka examine Poland's wholesale transformation from a Communist state to a successful...

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said speculation about the date of Serbia's accession talks "lacks seriousness." This is because Belgrade has taken major steps in the dialogue with Priština and the European Commission...

Woensdag 19 juni 2013 | European Parliament ] LIBE Fundamental rights - 19-06-2013 - 15:24 Update Civil Liberties Committee recommendations to Hungary and the European Commission on how to remedy any breaches of key EU values...

Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino arrived in Belgrade on Tuesday for a visit during which she would confer with Serbian officials over the forthcoming decision of the EU on the date for Serbia's accession talks and bilateral...

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic announced Wednesday that European Council President Herman Van Rompuy will visit Serbia on July 1 and pointed out that it is logical to assume that the president is coming to bring good news...

The National Museum in Collins Barracks is running an exhibition to mark the anniversary until 27 June. YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED the 40th anniversary of our accession to the European Union in 1973. To mark the occasion, the...

Three weeks of unrest in Turkey have left five people dead, injured many others and forced thousands more to seek treatment for tear gas inhalation. Now an international crisis over the still simmering protests could do... All similar articles: 57 »

Slovenia will ask for an exact date for the beginning of the EU accession talks with Serbia, it was underlined at the meeting between First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec in...

BELGRADE - Serbia has done everything to meet the conditions the EU set before it and "the ball is now in Europe's court," Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday. After a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias,...

European Commission Olli REHN Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro Keynote speech by Olli Rehn at the Brussels Economic Forum Brussels...

Austria is aware that the start date for the accession talks with the EU is important for Serbia, and since so much has been done, it will ask for a positive decision, head of the Austrian National Party group in the parliament...

Freedom House, Nations in Transit 2013 - Romania, 18 June 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51c1680f18.html [accessed 19 June 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it...

Freedom House, Nations in Transit 2013 - Croatia, 18 June 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51c16815f.html [accessed 19 June 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it...

BELGRADE - Serbia has done everything to meet the conditions the EU set before it and "the ball is now in Europe's court," Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday. After a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias,...

Freedom House, Nations in Transit 2013 - Bosnia and Herzegovina, 18 June 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51c168155c.html [accessed 19 June 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for,...

Freedom House, Nations in Transit 2013 - Albania, 18 June 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51c168175f.html [accessed 19 June 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it...

BRUSSELS – The next 10 days will be crucial for the decision on when to give Serbia the start date for the accession talks with the EU, and there is a series of meetings scheduled before the European Council meeting on June 28,...